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Program Results Reports describe RWJF’s interest in the area and strategy for addressing the problem for those working in the field or interested in undertaking similar efforts. They explain the problem addressed; the activities undertaken; the results or findings from the work; lessons for the field; any post-grant activities—by the grantee or RWJF—and they include a bibliography of material produced during the project or program.

RWJF supports production of a white paper identifying lessons that other states can learn from Massachusetts’ first-in-the-nation trust fund to support community-based health-promotion and disease-prevention programs.

A research team led by Stephen M. Shortell and Lawrence P. Casalino tracked the extent to which physician organizations used evidence-based care management processes to treat patients with asthma, congestive heart failure, depression, and diabetes.

Boston Coalition Against Drugs and Violence worked with partners to create a drug diversion court in Boston, offering drug abusing or addictive nonviolent offenders the chance to participate in an outpatient drug treatment and counseling program.

The Rutgers Center for State Health Policy studied the impact of state and federal Affordable Care Act requirements expanding the availability of dependent coverage for young adults on their parents' health plans.

Center for Studying Health System Change researchers tracked and analyzed changes in the nation's health care system, and described how they affected patients, providers, and others in their communities.

United Teen Equality Center staff worked with Southeast Asian youth in Lowell, Mass., to reduce violence and improve youth access to health care. A John Hopkins University team evaluated the center's Streetworker Program, a youth outreach program.

Health Care for All led the broad-based Affordable Care Today!! Coalition from May 2012 to April 2013 to ensure that an informed consumer voice contributes to policy discussions regarding implementation of the federal ACA in Massachusetts.